i think some of what we are seeing is a result of a combination of
movements. one is that the sciences, theoretical physics at least,
are coming to intersect with the spirituality (other
dimensionality) of our world. another involves what someone brought
up earlier - the millenium movement. it's not just evangelicals or
fundamentalists or zionists, but includes alternative religions and
native beliefs of people all around the globe, that we are indeed
not only living in end times, but extremely close to a point of
enormous change - however they picture it. both of these movements
create a sense of urgency and tension about what remains a
dramatic, unprecedented experience - a quantum leap of
knowledge/existence that we have only been able to speculate about
and imagine.
what makes this point in time stand out from the general idea of
living in end times, for the fundamentalists/evangelicals/zionists,
is that political events in the middle east recently seem to be
coinciding with prophecies - or at least giving these believers the
spark they need to be energized about the possibility of the final
pay-off - what they've lived their entire lives in hopes of
reaching, and what 2,000 years of previous generations have not
seen. it seems to me that this has set in motion a new urgency in
the fundamental sects, and their focus has switched from the
biblical "rules to live by" to the "preparation" stage for the
second coming of christ. now is not the time to focus on social
issues - this world is passing - but on discerning the signs and
navigating the last torturous days before the harvest.
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